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CEAT appoints Debi Prasad Das as senior VP, HR
28 Oct 2014
Brazil markets fall as President Rousseff wins another term
27 Oct 2014
In one of the tightest voting, Rousseff polled 51.6 per cent of votes in a runoff against Neves, who won 48.4 per cent votes
Elon Musk fears “summoning the demon” with AI
27 Oct 2014
Though a leading advocate of cars smart enough to park and drive themselves, Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk has strong reservations about artificial intelligence
Elon Musk fears “summoning the demon” with AI
27 Oct 2014
Though a leading advocate of cars smart enough to park and drive themselves, Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk has strong reservations about artificial intelligence
Jaitley top crorepati, Gowda top wealth earner in Modi cabinet
25 Oct 2014
Railway minister Sadananda Gowda saw his declared assets of Rs9.88 crore increase by Rs10.46 crore to reach Rs20.35 crore in five months even as finance minister Arun Jaitley remained Modi ministry’s top crorepati with assets worth Rs114.03 crore
Google expands Sundar Pichai’s responsibilities to include key products
25 Oct 2014
If senior VP Sundar Pichai were to succeed in his new role, he could emerge as the natural candidate for the next CEO of Google
Nobel laureate Yousufzai gets US Liberty Medal as well
22 Oct 2014
Previous recipients of the Liberty Medal who went on to win the Peace Prize include former South African President Nelson Mandela, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former US President Jimmy Carter
French oil company, Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie dies in air crash
21 Oct 2014
The CEO of French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died after a private jet crashed at a Moscow airport yesterday
French oil company, Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie dies in air crash
21 Oct 2014
The CEO of French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died after a private jet crashed at a Moscow airport yesterday
SC grants bail to Jayalalithaa, suspends sentence
17 Oct 2014
Jayalalithaa has been barred from moving out of her home or receiving any visitors
Indian American lawyer Vanita Gupta to head US civil rights division
16 Oct 2014
Vanita Gupta, a top lawyer from American Civil Liberties Union, is the first South Asian to hold the post
Arvind Subramanian is India’s new chief economic adviser
16 Oct 2014
The Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development, Arvind Subramanian has written on India, growth, trade, development, institutions, aid, climate change, oil, intellectual property, the WTO, China, and Africa
French economist Jean Tirole wins Economics Nobel
14 Oct 2014
Jean Tirole has made important theoretical research contributions in a number of areas, but most of all he has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with a few powerful firms
Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzay share Peace Nobel
10 Oct 2014
The laureates, both from the Indian subcontinent, were honoured "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education"
Chopper scam: 2 former Finmeccanica chiefs cleared of corruption
09 Oct 2014
Former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and ex-AgustaWestland head Bruno Spagnolini, however, were sentenced to two-year jail term for falsification of invoices in the Rs3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with India
Facebook targets local content for growth in India
09 Oct 2014
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the creation of a $1 million fund to help developers develop apps for farmers, migrants and women, to drive new apps and services in local languages
French author Patrick Modiano wins Literature Nobel
09 Oct 2014
Modiano is the 11th Nobel Laureate in Literature born in France and is the 111th Literature Laureate in total
Veteran journalist MV Kamath dies at 93
09 Oct 2014
Kamath, who was the Washington correspondent of The Times of India from 1969 to 1978 and later the editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, was also one of the earliest biographers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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